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happens to not be susan rice. if kerry moves on to the state department, republicans will have a shot at picking up another senate seat. a special election would be held for his replacement opening the door for scott brown who made sure to leave the door open for himself on the way out. >> as i have said many times before, temporary victory -- defeat is temporary. depending on what happens and where we go, all of us, we may meet again. >> the washington post reports that barring any unforeseen developments, president obama is expected to nominate kelly this friday and the man republicans used to accuse of twisting in the wind. still, while republicans may think they're getting a carmic do-over by repairing the damage they did to him in 2004, the ill will accrued in the susan rice debacle may prevent them from err having a clean bill of spiritual health. you can guess where i stand on this, karen. i think the way susan rice was treated is deplorable. i think john kerry has served this country admirably. i do not wa
happens to not be susan rice. if kerry moves on to the state department, republicans will have a shot at picking up another senate seat. a special election would be held for his replacement opening the door for scott brown who made sure to leave the door open for himself on the way out. >> as i have said many times before, temporary victory -- defeat is temporary. depending on what happens and where we go, all of us, we may meet again. >> the washington post reports that barring any...
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rice and susan rice is hanging out there now, and everyone -- all of her critics are taking shots at her. is there any reason to want to try to move this more quickly, the cabinet selection? what goes on behind the scenes here? >> i would take some exception with the way you describe it, andrea. look, these are important decisions. john kerry, senator kerry, and ambassador rice are extremely well qualified. obviously, there's been a lot of news around the ambassador over the last number of months by virtue of them benghazi situation. she is extremely well qualified. the president knows that. he is not iffing to be forced into a decision by virtue of the chatter that's out there in the street and the politics, and i think he is going about it in a deliberate way. there are a lot of other issues also going on that he deals with on a daily basis that are very real-time, and you also have the fiscal cliff problem. he i don't feel has the secretary of state who has said she will stay in in national hockey league a replacement is there. it is normal to get that done right before the inaugu
rice and susan rice is hanging out there now, and everyone -- all of her critics are taking shots at her. is there any reason to want to try to move this more quickly, the cabinet selection? what goes on behind the scenes here? >> i would take some exception with the way you describe it, andrea. look, these are important decisions. john kerry, senator kerry, and ambassador rice are extremely well qualified. obviously, there's been a lot of news around the ambassador over the last number...
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susan rice is news. we will bring you the news here from our nation's capitol around the country and around the globe, bringing it out to you on your local progressive talk radio station if you are lucky enough to have one on sirius xm this hour only and on current tv all three hours. we will tell you what's going on give you our take on it, and then give you a chance to sound off at 866-5 press. you are going to want to talk about susan rice. did she do the right thing? did president obama do the right thing by accepting her decision if, indeed it really was her decision. lots to talk about today by the way you can join by phone at 866-55-press. turn your phone off, bill, before you go on the hairair. hello. hello. on twitter at bp show. >> dan is missing the alleluias. >> dan: i think i have been haven'ted indicated. my phone is off. >> bill: entails train wreck peter: what can i screw up >> bill: you will. on facebook.com bill press show. a couple of special features the big photo defendant obamas and
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to get from susan rice. so that certainly did not help susan rice. it seemed to poison the well for her even more than it was before. so there isn't a big surprise here. even democrats, again, who i talked to, say that she was incredibly competent. that she is very, very smart. but that there might be a personality issue that makes them reluctant to have her as the person representing the u.s. in the role of secretary of state. but they also say that just as jessica said, that she might be very well suited to be the president's national security adviser, because there isn't confirmation there, and it's more inherently political. to your answer about john kerry, there certainly is a lot of support for him here. there is a member of the senate club. he has been for years and years. he is currently the senate foreign relations chairman. and he has not really made it that much of a secret that he wants this job. has for years and years. and it's been really kind of awkward and uncomfortable, frankly, as there's
to get from susan rice. so that certainly did not help susan rice. it seemed to poison the well for her even more than it was before. so there isn't a big surprise here. even democrats, again, who i talked to, say that she was incredibly competent. that she is very, very smart. but that there might be a personality issue that makes them reluctant to have her as the person representing the u.s. in the role of secretary of state. but they also say that just as jessica said, that she might be very...
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so to blame susan rice who's over at the u.n. mostly in new york city for benghazi is really a stretch. she was the werngs who went out on sunday television. and she said today to brian williams that she is not blameless. i think there was a lack of care with the talking points and the republicans seized on it and claims she was being political and trying to be political at a key point in the presidential election campaign, which she strongly denies. >> but you're saying that the president's statements to that effect were not enough because they were not backed up with essentially procedural support for her to be fighting these attacks that could have happened had he nominated her. >> once she's nominated she is armed with the white house counsel's office-w every wise person, man or woman in washington who would be assigned to her to get her through the nomination process. but she was left -- she said she didn't feel that she's a victim here, but she certainly did acknowledge to brian that she thinks politics played a part. and i
so to blame susan rice who's over at the u.n. mostly in new york city for benghazi is really a stretch. she was the werngs who went out on sunday television. and she said today to brian williams that she is not blameless. i think there was a lack of care with the talking points and the republicans seized on it and claims she was being political and trying to be political at a key point in the presidential election campaign, which she strongly denies. >> but you're saying that the...
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crucial negative moment for susan rice. a lot of the discourse from the democrats about susan rice, she is a victim of sexism and/or racism and the extreme right of the party. then along comes a woman senator known as a moderate to give her a bad review on the meeting. i had the feeling at the time and i guess i have been vindicated that was the beginning of the end for susan rice. in recent days she started to take fire from environmentalists to being too close to keystone pipeline. she started to take fire from some human rights folk wos say when she was in the clinton administration she was too close to african-american -- african dictators too. in m straws on the camel's back. >> chuck makes a point that is the most loud cross -- he is not making it, but ludicrous talking points. the racist, sexism republicans were waiting in the weeds until the fifth nonwhite male secretary of state would be appointed, and they pounced. we haven't had a white male secretary of state since larry eagleberger 20 years ago. george bush nev
crucial negative moment for susan rice. a lot of the discourse from the democrats about susan rice, she is a victim of sexism and/or racism and the extreme right of the party. then along comes a woman senator known as a moderate to give her a bad review on the meeting. i had the feeling at the time and i guess i have been vindicated that was the beginning of the end for susan rice. in recent days she started to take fire from environmentalists to being too close to keystone pipeline. she...
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rice. >> susan rice could have said no. i'm not criticizing her, because she did what the intel community told her to do. but hillary dodged a bullet on that one. >> when there's impropriety at a big bank, you rarely see the ceo answering questions. i loved her -- we all know we have talked about this ad nauseam, all she did was deliver the information and they shot the messenger, and this is not the last we have heard of susan rice. and now choosing the next secretary of state, it puts the republicans on their heels. >> were you bothered by what went down? >> the whole thing, it was disgusting, but the impropriety, she's been measured for stick g ing rigidly talking about this. no wonder the cia was all over the talking points. and on top of this, you have what is sadly an effective witch hunt, not to mention an measuring a potential secretary of state on her -- there is a lot of personal animosity. i'm just saying this has been -- this is denying the president what was clearly his top pick, a president who just won re-ele
rice. >> susan rice could have said no. i'm not criticizing her, because she did what the intel community told her to do. but hillary dodged a bullet on that one. >> when there's impropriety at a big bank, you rarely see the ceo answering questions. i loved her -- we all know we have talked about this ad nauseam, all she did was deliver the information and they shot the messenger, and this is not the last we have heard of susan rice. and now choosing the next secretary of state, it...
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susan rice very much in more of the hawkish camp. she was along with hillary clinton one of the two people that really sort of pushed the national security team to be more aggressive on the libya front during the decision to have the -- to create that no-fly zone. john kerry has a history of being a little more dovish, if you will, voting against a lot of interventions. so how much of an intervention would she be, there was actually a philosophical issue, if you will. i think on paper, the president likes both of them. knows it's important to john kerry and believes john kerry earned the right to be secretary of state, more than fully qualified, but i think in his heart of hearts, his heart was telling him susan rice but he was getting political advice ha said, is this a fight worth having? you've got a lot of fights you're going to have on capitol hill in the next six to nine months, including the one you're in the middle ever now. is this one worth it? >> but, chuck, this woman was highly qualified. she's a rhodes scholar. she has
susan rice very much in more of the hawkish camp. she was along with hillary clinton one of the two people that really sort of pushed the national security team to be more aggressive on the libya front during the decision to have the -- to create that no-fly zone. john kerry has a history of being a little more dovish, if you will, voting against a lot of interventions. so how much of an intervention would she be, there was actually a philosophical issue, if you will. i think on paper, the...
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ambassador susan rice to replace her. rice made the rounds on capitol hill on tuesday in an attempt to ease republican concerns and smooth the way for potential cabinet nomination, just one of the positions that president obama will have to fill on his national security team in his second term. we're back with dan henninger and mary anastasia o'grady and bret stevens joins the panel. is there a case for susan rice as secretary of state. >> senator john mccain and susan ayotte feel they have a case again her in relates to benghazi before the election because susan rice after the incident happened, that the murder of ambassador stevens went on the sunday morning talk shows and said that the demonstrations were related to the islamic video that some kid in california made. and what they want to know is why susan rice, u.n. ambassador, was sent out there and why she was sticking with the story that was crumbling almost as she was saying it. >> paul: the intelligence talking points and not trying to be dishonest. >> two points
ambassador susan rice to replace her. rice made the rounds on capitol hill on tuesday in an attempt to ease republican concerns and smooth the way for potential cabinet nomination, just one of the positions that president obama will have to fill on his national security team in his second term. we're back with dan henninger and mary anastasia o'grady and bret stevens joins the panel. is there a case for susan rice as secretary of state. >> senator john mccain and susan ayotte feel they...
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ambassador susan rice on capitol hill. she also tried to tie susan rice to the 1998 embassy bombings in kenya and tanzania. now, for a while it looked like senators graham mccain were going to give her past, but then she went up there to talk to these folks. why would she do that, nina? >> i don't know, but they keep moving the bar on her. initially they said did not like what she said, then petraeus said these are the facts we gave her but now a senator collins says she should not have gone on television at all. nobody said that about condoleezza rice when she used to go on sunday talk shows all the time to represent the administration's position, including an election year, and said things that were later proven to be not true that she may not have known that. she probably didn't know. >> senator collins also had nice things to say about john kerry as secretary of state is that what this is about? to put susan rice on the sidelines, bring kerry out of the senate, open up the massachusetts seat for scott brown? >> there i
ambassador susan rice on capitol hill. she also tried to tie susan rice to the 1998 embassy bombings in kenya and tanzania. now, for a while it looked like senators graham mccain were going to give her past, but then she went up there to talk to these folks. why would she do that, nina? >> i don't know, but they keep moving the bar on her. initially they said did not like what she said, then petraeus said these are the facts we gave her but now a senator collins says she should not have...
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do you think anyone will be able to say, you know, to to susan rice you knew? youss had ac accident t access e presidential briefings. you should have understood that you can't goe in and make stuff up. do you think anyone will be able to put her feet to the hire? >> we have to. this isn't some moot court debate we had in law school with a bunch of hypothetical facts. this is real. four americans were killed. there was a failure to provide scusht. security. they're not come you g coming ue truth. there's coofer up. >> when people say i stand up and take responsibility but you can't get any questions and get any straight answers, you have to wonder what's actually going on there. >> how can four different people take responsibility for the same thing? i mean, after they all originally denied that anyone was responsible. one by one they're taking responsibility. nothing is happening. they're still sitting there. >> it's always good having you on. congressman peter king. thanks for being with us. be sure to watch "fox news sunday" tomorrow withest speaker john boe
do you think anyone will be able to say, you know, to to susan rice you knew? youss had ac accident t access e presidential briefings. you should have understood that you can't goe in and make stuff up. do you think anyone will be able to put her feet to the hire? >> we have to. this isn't some moot court debate we had in law school with a bunch of hypothetical facts. this is real. four americans were killed. there was a failure to provide scusht. security. they're not come you g coming...
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judge, back to you. >> the questions about susan rice don't end there. in 1998, rice was assistant secretary of state for african affairs when the u.s. embassy, as i said, in both nairobi and kenya were bombed by al qaeda, killing 12 americans and just like benghazi, additional security can requests had been made before the attacks and were denied. with me now edith barkley, white house relatives were in the attack. >> thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. >> our con dole lenses to you for the lost of your brother and your father. i understand your father was counsel general at the embassy and your brother was in conditioning and was an intern serving at the embassy. >> correct. >> in the 14 years since this has happened, edith, you have fought for the families of diplomats and hoped that the department of state would be able to provide more protection for these diplomats. has anything happened as a result of your fight? >> our fight has been slow, and an uphill battle. we're proud to say that we have great bipartisan support, but 14 year
judge, back to you. >> the questions about susan rice don't end there. in 1998, rice was assistant secretary of state for african affairs when the u.s. embassy, as i said, in both nairobi and kenya were bombed by al qaeda, killing 12 americans and just like benghazi, additional security can requests had been made before the attacks and were denied. with me now edith barkley, white house relatives were in the attack. >> thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me....
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rice, susan cutter is upset about the way that susan rice was treated. one article described it as the -- while this does remove one fight in the middle of the other fight, are these lingering feelings likely to get in the way of what has to happen now? >> i don't think so, i think there's enough going on to stir people up like that, i think this is really just a drop in the bucket. i think people are upset in the white house on the democratic side about how susan rice was treated. but if she's going to be the next secretary of state, she can't argue that, look, i just went on the sunday shows and said what people told me to say. either you're in the loop and you're a senior part of the team who's responsible for what you're saying or you're not. this was the consequence of something that didn't go well. it may not ultimately be her fault, but you can't have it both ways and for a position like secretary of state, she would have been subjected to pretty tough questioning anyway. but this became a politically untenable situation for the white house. but t
rice, susan cutter is upset about the way that susan rice was treated. one article described it as the -- while this does remove one fight in the middle of the other fight, are these lingering feelings likely to get in the way of what has to happen now? >> i don't think so, i think there's enough going on to stir people up like that, i think this is really just a drop in the bucket. i think people are upset in the white house on the democratic side about how susan rice was treated. but if...
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he really wanted susan rice. and then it became clear that she had problems that were identified by john mccain and others who found her too political. they thought that she made it worse by going up to the hill u and i was told by people very close to the president that he would have withdrawn or asked her to withdraw sooner but did not want to back down in the face of opposition from john mccain. >> andrea mitchell, part of our team covering this story. we do want to let you know that ambassador rice will be speaking to us exclusively for tonight's broadcast of "rock center," 10:00 eastern/9 central time. we will hear from the ambassador as to her reasoning for, again, wi withdrawing hear hurricane rita name from consideration as the next possible sochls we will see you again on "nbc nightly news" this evening. for our team in washington, i'm brian williams, nbc news. >> you heard it there, susan rice will not be the next secretary of state. my quick two thoughts here. i'm rye relieved, someone following the li
he really wanted susan rice. and then it became clear that she had problems that were identified by john mccain and others who found her too political. they thought that she made it worse by going up to the hill u and i was told by people very close to the president that he would have withdrawn or asked her to withdraw sooner but did not want to back down in the face of opposition from john mccain. >> andrea mitchell, part of our team covering this story. we do want to let you know that...
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rice is and what she represents here's some food for thought susan rice is worth between twenty three and forty three million dollars making her the wealthiest member of the executive branch according to the center for responsive politics she has investments in companies like trans canada corp suncor and imperial oil ltd and that's just the beginning everything you see in yellow up here is something she has a stake in and when you look closely millions of dollars of assets in these canadian utility companies and banks which make up a third of her total investments now if confirmed by the senate as a secretary of state one of the first items on rice's agenda would be to weigh in on and eventually make a decision about the keystone pipeline now this is just the beginning of some major concerns about rice and joining me to discuss this further is michael brooks producer of majority report hey there michael what do you think is more important in determining whether rice is a good candidate for secretary of state i mean her so-called misspeak about benghazi on the morning shows or her fina
rice is and what she represents here's some food for thought susan rice is worth between twenty three and forty three million dollars making her the wealthiest member of the executive branch according to the center for responsive politics she has investments in companies like trans canada corp suncor and imperial oil ltd and that's just the beginning everything you see in yellow up here is something she has a stake in and when you look closely millions of dollars of assets in these canadian...
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but i don't think we've heard the last of susan rice. she's meeting with the president tomorrow. >> eliot: that's right. >> this woman is too good to have her career stop here. i wouldn't be surprised if the president has something else in mind for her. and he's -- in some ways he has to do this. he has to appoint her to another senior position. he can't appear to have caved or lost completely in this battle. >> eliot: that's my question, joe. does she stay at the u.n. perhaps or does she want to move on and who is the winner now? everybody's presuming and presumptions often are false that john kerry fills the void. is that a rash assumption on everybody's part? >> it is not a rash assumption. it was clearly a choice, those are the top two contenders. senator kerry is terrifically qualified for this position. the president in some way is in a fortuitous position. like dealing with a line-up for the washington nationals. you've got a string of great players, just trying to figure out the right batting order. kerry could be secretary of st
but i don't think we've heard the last of susan rice. she's meeting with the president tomorrow. >> eliot: that's right. >> this woman is too good to have her career stop here. i wouldn't be surprised if the president has something else in mind for her. and he's -- in some ways he has to do this. he has to appoint her to another senior position. he can't appear to have caved or lost completely in this battle. >> eliot: that's my question, joe. does she stay at the u.n. perhaps...
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i will tell you, you've been talking all about susan rice and i don't know the politics of susan rice. she made a statement which is dead right, which is if it isn't them in 23, it will be them. since 1990 it has not moved and still has remained at the bottom of the u.n. index for poverty and human suffering. so -- and it ranks almost dead last and mo abrams index next to somalia. i was in somalia about five weeks ago. i tell you, i can understand that. so it's a tough place, it's a tough -- it's full of atrocities and human rights violations. and somehow we have to support the government of drc to do a better job and to take eastern congo and turn it -- it has incredible mineral -- some of the estimates are $24 trillion of wealth to bring out in the future. it could be a very rich country. >> let's talk briefly the fiscal cliff. your father has been very vocal about taxes. he says come on, bring it to me, tax me more. obviously you'll be in the firing line because you're not a poor man, are you. are you happy your father is leading this call for you to get -- >> no, because i hear fr
i will tell you, you've been talking all about susan rice and i don't know the politics of susan rice. she made a statement which is dead right, which is if it isn't them in 23, it will be them. since 1990 it has not moved and still has remained at the bottom of the u.n. index for poverty and human suffering. so -- and it ranks almost dead last and mo abrams index next to somalia. i was in somalia about five weeks ago. i tell you, i can understand that. so it's a tough place, it's a tough --...
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that was her goal. >> so obviously, secretary clinton offering a vigorous defense of susan rice, the context obviously being the attacks on benghazi and libya and the republican calls for more information. is there anything to be read from the fact that we have seen both president obama and secretary of state clinton go out of their way in a way to defend susan rice? is there anything we should tea leave read from that fact? >> well, chris, i think the president and secretary of state were right to defend per. these allegations are completely unfounded. they're unfair to her. she is a very talented, very effective, committed public servant. you know you know how those sunday show work when administration officials of either party go on, they're following talking points that the republican or democratic administration, whichever party's in power, has constructed and that's what susan did that morning. if any other administration official had been on the air that morning they would have said essentially more or less the same thing. i don't think the attacks are fair and she deserves a
that was her goal. >> so obviously, secretary clinton offering a vigorous defense of susan rice, the context obviously being the attacks on benghazi and libya and the republican calls for more information. is there anything to be read from the fact that we have seen both president obama and secretary of state clinton go out of their way in a way to defend susan rice? is there anything we should tea leave read from that fact? >> well, chris, i think the president and secretary of...
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you had a moderate republican in susan collins within days who met with susan rice. she came out saying i'm not sure i can support this nomination if she's nominated. when you have a moderate republican who is a supporter of the president's democratic nominees saying i'm not sure about this, a female senator in susan collins, it was clear the votes were not there for susan rice to be secretary of state. >> thank you very much. >>> mike emanuel, who we were talking to about the john boehner and president obama meeting, there's another piece of news. >> a lot of people on capitol hill are wonder whether the president wanted a fight over the next secretary of state. a lot of republican senators here were saying that essentially he should have the person that he wants in that role but they had serious reservations about susan rice. so after she came up here to try to clear up the misunderstandings over benghazi or answer their questions, a lot were irritated after the meeting. susan collins withdrawing support, who is a moderate. john mccain, lindsey graham from south ca
you had a moderate republican in susan collins within days who met with susan rice. she came out saying i'm not sure i can support this nomination if she's nominated. when you have a moderate republican who is a supporter of the president's democratic nominees saying i'm not sure about this, a female senator in susan collins, it was clear the votes were not there for susan rice to be secretary of state. >> thank you very much. >>> mike emanuel, who we were talking to about the...
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susan rice. will she be the president's secretary of state nominee and could she get confirmed in the senate at this point? >> i can't say that because the president has not told me what his decision will be. there have been two excellent names mentioned, ambassador rice and my colleague, senator kerry. either one of them would have a tough job following the great job of hillary clinton, but they could both serve this country in an extraordinary way as secretary of state. >> you're saying that rice could get confirmed? >> i do believe so. i think at the end, some of the criticisms against her have been unwarranted. many have gone just too far. there is really a basic feeling of fairness. she is an extraordinary person. she's certainly well educated and has really served our nation well as ambassador to the united nations. >> all right. we'll leave it there. senator durbin, congressman mccarthy, thank you very much. >> thank you for having us. >>> coming up, the showdown over the debt. you've hear
susan rice. will she be the president's secretary of state nominee and could she get confirmed in the senate at this point? >> i can't say that because the president has not told me what his decision will be. there have been two excellent names mentioned, ambassador rice and my colleague, senator kerry. either one of them would have a tough job following the great job of hillary clinton, but they could both serve this country in an extraordinary way as secretary of state. >> you're...
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so much. >> susan rice misled the american people. she didn't tell them the truth despite the evidence that's available to her. >> what's the other big story of the week? susan rice where they are wrongfully attacking a person who has done nothing wrong. >> the republican smear campaign continues as more senators pile on. >> was the coverage fair to rice? joining us now in new york is kelly. kelly, isn't it odd for the press to beovering a nomination that hasn't happened based on closed door meetings between susan rice an senators where we don't know what was said? >> in a word, yes. it's very odd. it's not odd if you look at it through the lens of some of the partisanship and the partisanism in the coverage. originally we had fox news really trying to push this cover up and turn it into a big election related scandal. the petraeus story got more coverage than should have in an era that we have the economy and americans out of work. this is the next leg of that with the conservative media trying to push the angle there's some cover up
so much. >> susan rice misled the american people. she didn't tell them the truth despite the evidence that's available to her. >> what's the other big story of the week? susan rice where they are wrongfully attacking a person who has done nothing wrong. >> the republican smear campaign continues as more senators pile on. >> was the coverage fair to rice? joining us now in new york is kelly. kelly, isn't it odd for the press to beovering a nomination that hasn't happened...
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susan rice will not be the next secretary of state. the u.s. ambassador to the united nations withdrew her name from consideration yesterday after a standoff with republicans led by senator mccain. who vowed to block her nomination. after notifying the president, rice sat down with nbc's brian williams to explain her decision. >> i made the decision that it was the best thing for our country, for the american people that i not continue to be considered by the president for nomination as secretary of state because i didn't want to see a confirmation process that was very prolonged, very politicized, very distracting and very disruptive, because there are so many things we need to get done as a country. >> the controversy surrounding rice stems from her september appearance on the sunday morning talk shows where she repeatedly characterized a terror attack against the u.s. consulate in benghazi as a protest gone wrong. a statement from the white house maintains her comments were based on intelligence she had at the time. rice explained why it was
susan rice will not be the next secretary of state. the u.s. ambassador to the united nations withdrew her name from consideration yesterday after a standoff with republicans led by senator mccain. who vowed to block her nomination. after notifying the president, rice sat down with nbc's brian williams to explain her decision. >> i made the decision that it was the best thing for our country, for the american people that i not continue to be considered by the president for nomination as...
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rice. >> susan rice is extraordinary. couldn't be prouder of the job that she's done. [applause] gwen: by the way, that was hillary clinton who started that round of applause around the cabinet table. but if they're applauding on capitol hill, they're doing it very quietly, as republican senators make their doubts known loud and clear. at issue -- rice's role in providing a preliminary and ultimately incorrect explanation of the circumstances surrounding the attack on the u.s. mission in benghazi, in libya, that resulted to the death of four americans including the u.s. ambassador. >> bottom line -- i'm more disturbed now than i was before that the 16 september explanation about how four americans died in benghazi, libya, by ambassador rice, i think does not do justice to the reality at the time, and in hindsight clearly was completely wrong. but here's the key -- in real time it was a statement disconnected from reality. gwen: back to our original question, gloria, which we asked about the fiscal cliff, which is, how muc
rice. >> susan rice is extraordinary. couldn't be prouder of the job that she's done. [applause] gwen: by the way, that was hillary clinton who started that round of applause around the cabinet table. but if they're applauding on capitol hill, they're doing it very quietly, as republican senators make their doubts known loud and clear. at issue -- rice's role in providing a preliminary and ultimately incorrect explanation of the circumstances surrounding the attack on the u.s. mission in...
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but let's just say this about benghazi-- it's just not about susan rice. it's about a system that failed. the military failed. the intelligence community failed. before and during. this is about a system designed to protect us that completely broke down. the consulate should have been closeed in the first place. i can't believe we couldn't reinforce it in seven hours. and that's where i'm going to move to next. but as to susan rice, the story she told on your show and others on 16 september, after having looked at the intelligence that was available, does not remotely meet the truth. she said that the security at the consulate was strong, substantial recall and significant on three different shows. that wasn't even in the talking points about the level of security. if you look at the evidence available, the footprint in benghazi was not strong, substantial, or significant. it was weak. they had been begging for months to have more reinforcements or close the place like the british did. i think her story on 16 september was a political story designed to hel
but let's just say this about benghazi-- it's just not about susan rice. it's about a system that failed. the military failed. the intelligence community failed. before and during. this is about a system designed to protect us that completely broke down. the consulate should have been closeed in the first place. i can't believe we couldn't reinforce it in seven hours. and that's where i'm going to move to next. but as to susan rice, the story she told on your show and others on 16 september,...
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i do feel bad for susan rice. wow, men the evil of these horrible men. >> stephanie: one more time susan rice yesterday. >> i would have been very honested to serve in that job, but yes, sure how can you not want to in my field serve at the highest possible level. >> stephanie: they were saying john, that she may become national security advisor if the current -- i forget his name -- steps down. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: more importantly what does grover norquist think? obama may decide to blow up countries for fun -- >> i hear the first lady said she was really good at scrabble so it is scrabble or blowing up small countries? . >> stephanie: a lot of republicans are distancing themselves from him. on tuesday he sought to stymy the president's agenda so much -- i thought his was a non-partisan tax something group -- we'll actually make those spending restraints restraints -- obama will be on a very short leash. he is not going to have any fun at all, he may decide to go blow up small count
i do feel bad for susan rice. wow, men the evil of these horrible men. >> stephanie: one more time susan rice yesterday. >> i would have been very honested to serve in that job, but yes, sure how can you not want to in my field serve at the highest possible level. >> stephanie: they were saying john, that she may become national security advisor if the current -- i forget his name -- steps down. [♪ "world news tonight" theme ♪] >> stephanie: more...
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>> well, you just hit the heart of the story and that is why the administration would put susan rice on the point of the spear on the sunday after the attacks with information that i don't think they believed to be totally krefpblgt and now we know it's not correct at all. that is the most important reason the secretary should testify, and we owe the american people the facts and all the facts. >> we of. martha facts. martha: we all understand an illness and the time to recover for secretary of state hillary clinton. and we hope she does that in a quick way it does seem odd in terms of susan rice that hillary clinton wasn't available that
>> well, you just hit the heart of the story and that is why the administration would put susan rice on the point of the spear on the sunday after the attacks with information that i don't think they believed to be totally krefpblgt and now we know it's not correct at all. that is the most important reason the secretary should testify, and we owe the american people the facts and all the facts. >> we of. martha facts. martha: we all understand an illness and the time to recover for...
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again, in a cabinet meeting he led the applause of susan rice. he signaled in every way possible, but she was twisting in the wind. she wasn't a nominee. she didn't have the armor of a nominee. >> what stopped him from once he stuck his neck out for her in personal terms at that press conference, what stopped the president from then doubling down and saying, this is my appointment here? this is it. she will be my next secretary of state. >> the fact some of the people he's closest to, as chuck knows, the reporting that people were advising the president you do not need this fight, and it is going to be a fight. you don't need to expend all this political capital on what is going to be an interminable benghazi investigation. john mccain signaling he wants to go on the foreign relations committee, he was going to lead the way. >> let's get this from chuck as well. do you think that clinton, secretary clinton or former president clinton, they have done this i know in private, said what they thought about this, they were for kerry. did they ever expr
again, in a cabinet meeting he led the applause of susan rice. he signaled in every way possible, but she was twisting in the wind. she wasn't a nominee. she didn't have the armor of a nominee. >> what stopped him from once he stuck his neck out for her in personal terms at that press conference, what stopped the president from then doubling down and saying, this is my appointment here? this is it. she will be my next secretary of state. >> the fact some of the people he's closest...
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i tell you, although some people have said susan weiss -- susan rices withdraw will now allow benghazi to sink beneath the red-green, i really don't think so. i'd think it will have the opposite effect. i think senator mccain has already made that point. the controversy over the potential nomination was diverting attention. with that cloud removed i think those who want to focus on it will be able to, and it will now be very hard for the obama administration to hide behind the pretense that this is just a way of getting susan rice. that is why the testimony next week could be so important, if she shows up, which i guess is now in doubt. lou: there seems to be some ambiguity about all of that from the side of the state department's. we are getting some considerable suggestion from the russians. we are also assessing what is going on with china, but it appears that there is a broadening acknowledgement that the days of a sob are nearing an end. your thoughts? >> i think this statement by russian deputy foreign minister is quite significant. this is the first visible sign the russians thi
i tell you, although some people have said susan weiss -- susan rices withdraw will now allow benghazi to sink beneath the red-green, i really don't think so. i'd think it will have the opposite effect. i think senator mccain has already made that point. the controversy over the potential nomination was diverting attention. with that cloud removed i think those who want to focus on it will be able to, and it will now be very hard for the obama administration to hide behind the pretense that...
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what's ahead for susan rice? mitt romney's team takes on the critics and what really happened when the rivals had lunch. >>> both men acted graciously, after lunch, mitt romney extend a return invitation to the president to visit him and his money at the cayman island. >> it's a nice gesture for the president considering that he hasn't let joe biden have lunch with him even once. that he hasn't let joe biden have lunch with him even once. >>> as you heard, we have lots more to talk about with our roundtable right after this from our abc stations. >> but, the problem with controlling costs you can only do that to some degree. every single year we go back and do the "doc" fix and we'll do it between now and january 1st. that is all always a phoney that congress is going to cut payments to doctors and doctors pull out of the medicare program. >> and the money is restored. >> it's hard to do this without structural reforms. >> let me, if you don't mind, we have seen people's retirement package reduced. we have seen p
what's ahead for susan rice? mitt romney's team takes on the critics and what really happened when the rivals had lunch. >>> both men acted graciously, after lunch, mitt romney extend a return invitation to the president to visit him and his money at the cayman island. >> it's a nice gesture for the president considering that he hasn't let joe biden have lunch with him even once. that he hasn't let joe biden have lunch with him even once. >>> as you heard, we have lots...
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this is not about susan rice. the president said, if you have a problem with benghazi -- i do -- it is not picking on the president. it is trying to expose a national security failure, a debacle. i hold the president accountable more than anythingch -- more than anyone else. it should have been closed or reinforced before the attack on 9/11. there is nothing to do to help the people. where was he as commandener chief. have you two movies being made in the raid on bin laden. you don't know anything about what the president did in the seven hours of the attack. and afterward, the president tried to blame this on a video and a mob and a demonstration that never existed. but susan rice, in my opinion, misled the public. there are other problems with her time and politics and national foreign affairs arena. her problems were deeper than me and deeper than benghazi. but we won't let this go. how could for seven hours, nobody come to the aid of the people during the attack? why did we leave the consulate open? where was
this is not about susan rice. the president said, if you have a problem with benghazi -- i do -- it is not picking on the president. it is trying to expose a national security failure, a debacle. i hold the president accountable more than anythingch -- more than anyone else. it should have been closed or reinforced before the attack on 9/11. there is nothing to do to help the people. where was he as commandener chief. have you two movies being made in the raid on bin laden. you don't know...
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susan rice will be fine. she's going to go on and do great things for the country. but we've lost a public servant. and the president has been thwarted. and i think this boeds terribly for the supposed, new bipartisan cooperation that we're all supposed to hope for. >> congresswoman, we've also seen a blatant double standard. in november, matt lowe, he con fronted mccane about why he stood up for condolisa rice after a mass of intelligence failure in 2005. let me show you both the question and the response and get you to give me your view on this. >> you said opponents were expressing sour grapes after an election loss. why is this different? >> because every intelligence agency in the world, including the british, believe iraq had weapons of mass destruction. that was an entirely different situation. >> so when the intelligence believed there were weapons of mass destruction that were not there, it was fine because they believed it. but when they give susan rice talking points that they believe to be true, all of the sudden, she's not bright. she can't be trusted.
susan rice will be fine. she's going to go on and do great things for the country. but we've lost a public servant. and the president has been thwarted. and i think this boeds terribly for the supposed, new bipartisan cooperation that we're all supposed to hope for. >> congresswoman, we've also seen a blatant double standard. in november, matt lowe, he con fronted mccane about why he stood up for condolisa rice after a mass of intelligence failure in 2005. let me show you both the...
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the second big story is susan rice. in the last couple of hours calling the president and saying she is pulling her name out of consideration for secretary of state, all because of the controversy over benghazi, her reaction to the terror attack, whether or not she misled the public. bottom line this puts john kerry, democratic sources say, as the likely contender to be secretary of state i'm seeing the suvs pull up with speaker boehner right now. both the stories breaking right as we speak. you will see speaker boehner in a moment. but bottom line is you will remember at the post election news conference, the president made a big deal about standing up for susan rice. saying that basically, she was -- [ inaudible ] not going to stand for attacks threatened filibuster. this is a cave-in by the president. he gave in to the critics on the hill. susan rice may not be disappearing. it posted a story saying the top democrats say she may be the next national security advisor here inside the white house. significant that the p
the second big story is susan rice. in the last couple of hours calling the president and saying she is pulling her name out of consideration for secretary of state, all because of the controversy over benghazi, her reaction to the terror attack, whether or not she misled the public. bottom line this puts john kerry, democratic sources say, as the likely contender to be secretary of state i'm seeing the suvs pull up with speaker boehner right now. both the stories breaking right as we speak....
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susan rice's comments didn't send us to iraq and afghanistan. >> uh-huh! >> well -- >> somebody else's did. i'm probably not the most educated person in this house. >> you're an attorney. >> but i'm close. just go on and hate on. but look in the mirror and hate yourself, not the people who do this work. thank you. uh-huh! >> jon:oooh! (cheers and applause) first of all, why isn't every press conference like that? (laughter) a press conference infused with life and emotion. she just turned the house of representatives into tyler perry's "house of representatives." (cheers and applause) the only problem is -- the only problem is i think they might be wrong. >> uh-huh. >> you know it. >> that's right, that's right. uh-huh. >> jon: with all due respect, i humbly disagree the caucus. >> with all due respect, he humbly disagrees with the caucus, uh-huh. >> jon: that's not -- john, that's not what we're doing. you just repeated what i said. >> i'm just repeating what he says, uh-huh. i do it. i do it. >> jon, can i help here? >> jon: jessica, could you please? >>
susan rice's comments didn't send us to iraq and afghanistan. >> uh-huh! >> well -- >> somebody else's did. i'm probably not the most educated person in this house. >> you're an attorney. >> but i'm close. just go on and hate on. but look in the mirror and hate yourself, not the people who do this work. thank you. uh-huh! >> jon:oooh! (cheers and applause) first of all, why isn't every press conference like that? (laughter) a press conference infused with...
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i think certainly susan rice had nothing to do with the security. i think most of us just thought that she was a little bit more of a political operative than she was a principal and had concerns about her service. i never thought she was going to be appointed, by the way, or at least i haven't for some time because i think the white house was able to see the reception that she got there. but, look, benghazi, i was able to yesterday see the footage from the drone as far as what happened on the ground. i was able to also see from security cameras the groups that were coming in. i do think that we will continue -- there's no question we're going to continue to force a look at the security measures there because the way folks were able to come into our compound with such ease in an area that is totally controlled by militias, i think, is something that every american wants us to make sure we pursue to its end. and i do think secretary clinton will end up testifying, and i hope that the arb is ready for, ready thursday for her to come in and do that. i
i think certainly susan rice had nothing to do with the security. i think most of us just thought that she was a little bit more of a political operative than she was a principal and had concerns about her service. i never thought she was going to be appointed, by the way, or at least i haven't for some time because i think the white house was able to see the reception that she got there. but, look, benghazi, i was able to yesterday see the footage from the drone as far as what happened on the...
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susan rice is taking herself out of the running. she'll not succeed secretary of state hillary clinton. she explained in a letter to president obama saying the confirmation process would be lengthy, disruptive and costly to you and our most pressing national and international priorities. that tradeoff is simply not worth it to our country. those words from susan rice. foreign affairs reporter is in washington with the latest. susan rice meeting with the president today. >> that's right, john. they'll be meeting with the president and her -- president obama said and her aides tell me that ambassador rice will stay at the u.n. and that she'll continue to be a very close adviser to the president and the president's cabinet. you know, some of the aides said she was up for the fight with the senate. she was up for defending her possible candidacy but they did the math, john. they saw that these attacks had stopped benghazi, they morphed into other areas. they felt it detracted from the more successful work she did have at the u.n. such a
susan rice is taking herself out of the running. she'll not succeed secretary of state hillary clinton. she explained in a letter to president obama saying the confirmation process would be lengthy, disruptive and costly to you and our most pressing national and international priorities. that tradeoff is simply not worth it to our country. those words from susan rice. foreign affairs reporter is in washington with the latest. susan rice meeting with the president today. >> that's right,...